Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice Jim Well done! OTT: I saw the merco convertible in your gallery and I know you're interested both in mechanics and history. The merco reminded me of peugeot. Wiki quote: The ?clipse was significant as the first of many Peugeot coupes with a steel roof that would fold and stow in the boot/trunk.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402#cite_note-Odin.2C_L.C._1939-1>[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402#cite_note-Automobilia1937-4>The retractable hardtop <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retractable_hardtop> mechanism had been designed, and in 1931 patented, by Georges Paulin <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Paulin>: the mechanism was bulky by more recent standards and necessitated a very long tail end. Despite the generous length of the 3,150 mm (124 in) wheelbase, this first application of the technology came with just two seats. Interest in the ?clipse resurfaced more than half a century later with the ?reinvention? of the retractable hardtop by the 1995 Misubishi 3000GT Spyder <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_GTO> and subsequent popularization of the concept by cars such as the Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLK-Class>.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402#cite_note-nyt-8> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_402 Amities Philippe 2016-10-17 20:18 GMT+02:00 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>: > I had three or four Gulf Fritillaries on the Buddleia bush this morning. > This one was kind enough to select a healthy flower cluster and good light. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Gulf+Fririllary.TIFF.html > > Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. > > -- > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >